Nonrun barrier for knitted stockings



Oct. 29, 1935. A. E. MARGERlsoN 2,919,232

Patented Oei. 29, 1935 UNITED l `STATE'.

NGNRUN BARBIER STOCKINGS AIbeEMarlel-lson,

ron xm'rrnn Philadelphia,.la., assignor to Northwood Hosiery Company,Philadelphia,

muestren Novemberzs, iosa, serial Ne. 100,031

z claims. (ci. ca -112) This invention relates to a nonrun barriercourse for the toe fabric of knittedstockings.

'The principalV object of the invention is to provide a barrier coursefor the toe fabric of the stocking during the knitting thereof and soconstructed that runs will be lprevented from passing in eitherdirection walewise of the fabric.

A feature of the invention is the provision of a barrier composed ofknitted loops constructed and interlooped in a unique manner to preventruns from passing thereby in either direction of travel.

My invention is also distinguished in extending the spread interlockingloopsof the companion interlocking courses in Opposite directions tobalance the fabric and to positively insure non-run characteristics butI wish it to be understood that the spread interlocking loops of bothcourses may extend in the same direction depending upon what is mostdesirable in practice.

With these and other objects in view, the invention will be betterunderstood from the. following detail description taken in connectionwith the accompanying drawing, wherein:`

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a. stocking con structed in accordancewith my invention.

Figure 2 is an enlarged view of the toe fabric blank.

Figure 3 is an enlarged view of a portion of the toe fabric.

Again referring to the .drawingfit will be noted thatin Figures 1 and 2the nonrun barrier i ex- /tends entirely across the toe fabric 2 but Iwish it to be understood that the barriermay be con- -structed to onlyextend part way across the toe fabric depending upon what is mostdesirable in practice.

In Figure 3 I have illustrated the nonrun barrier as consisting of aninterlocking course I, a

plain course 4 and a second interlocking course 5. Each of theinterlocking courses l and 5 consists entirely of spread interlockingloops 6 each extending Afrom the needle wale in which it originatedacrossI "into an -adjacent needle wale and interlocked with an adjacentspread loop. I also wish to call attention to the fact that the spreadinterlocking loops of course '3 extend in an opposite direction to thosein course 5 but I wish to be understood that ali the spread interlockingloops of both interlocking courses may'extend in the same directiondepending upon which is the vbest under existing manufacturingconditions. By providing the two interlocking courses. at apointinthetoefabricspaced froxntheendtherethe toe fabric into of thestocking. .This is a of, I positively prevent runs Afrom passing fromthe foot and instep portion great advantage when taking intoconsideration the degree of sheerness of present types of sheer silkstockings and the fact that quite often holes are formed in the end ofthe toe fabric in the use thereof.

I am aware of the fact that barrier courses have been used before in thetoe fabric and various parts of the vstocking but these particular wbarrier courses are of the well known transferred loop type which willonly prevent runs from passing in one direction and will not preventruns from passing in both directions walewise of the fabric. In otherwords, my type of barrier ac- 1| complishe's completely the desiredresult whereas a transferred loop barrier course will only partiallyaccomplish the desired result and when used in the toe fabric isabsolutely impractical in so far as preventing runs from passing fromthe toe'- 20 fabric into the sheer instep fabric of the stocking I vHaving described my invention. what I claim is:

1. In the toe section of a knitted stocking, a nonrun barrier extendingacross said toe section 2s and comprisinga pair of courses: each courseconsisting entirely of nonrun interlocking loops; every loop in one ofsaid courses having a portion spread from its own needle wale to thenext needle wale in one coursewise direction and irl- 30 terlooped withthe loop in said next needle wale; and every loop in the remaining ofsaid courses having a'portion spreadfrom its own needle wale to the.next needle wale in vthe other coursewise direction and interlooped'with the loop in said 85 last mentioned needle waie.

2. In the me section o: a knitted stocking. a" nonrun barrier extendingacross said toe section and comprising a pair of courses; each courseconsisting entirely of nonrun interlocking loops;.40 every loop in oneof said courses having a portion spread from its own needle wale to thenextneedie Wale in one-coursewise direction andinterlooped with the loopinsaid next needle wale; and every loop in the remaining of said courses46 having a. portion spread from its own needle wale to the next needlewade inthe other coursewise direction and interlooped with the loopinsaid last mentioned needle waie: and a course of plain knit loopsinterposed between said pair of nonrun courses and interlooped withinterlocking spread loops of the' latter.

maar s'. manson.

